HELLO, and What did I do wrong- small plants?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: HELLO, and What did I do wrong- small plants?
- From: r*@dos.nortel.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 98 15:01:39 EDT
Hi, all you out there in the garden! You must have long
extension cords to get the computer out that far
from the house! I just joined the list- I've been
lurking in the archives quite a while,
and I finally have a question that spurned me to join.
After reading lots of updates, and seeing photos
on the web... it seems that my plants are deficient,
and I'm wondering where I went wrong!
To summarize:
I have 3 plants from unknown-parentage Atlantic Giant seed bought locally from Agway.
As of 7/5, largest AG plant was 14' long, but NO secondaries;
quite healthy, with only 20 leaves, largest 14". Garden gets full sun 2-8:30 PM.
Watered (almost) daily, around 4-5 gallons spread across 3 plants.
*None* of my 3 plants have secondaries. (On the web, I see plants
20x25' now, with big secondaries, even tertiaries, with hundreds of leaves.)
I have plenty of male & female flowers.
Some female flowers are almost golf-ball sized when they open.
Questions:
-are my plants indeed midgets, by AG standards (why no secondaries)?
Is my problem likely to be my seed or my gardening technique?
-what time of day is best to water & why?
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Rick Inzero,
Rochester, NY rdi@cci.com
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